Wildlifeof Sri Lanka
Corrugated Water Frog
True Frogs & Fanged Frogs
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Lankanectes corrugatus
Basic stats
Habitat
Aquatic; slow-moving rivers in marshy areas
Range
Endemic to Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka wart frog, or corrugated water frog, is an aquatic frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae, endemic to Sri Lanka. It was the only member of its genus, Lankanectes, until a second species, Lankanectes pera, was described in 2018 from the Knuckles Mountain Range (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives in slow-moving rivers in marshy areas. Nationally Vulnerable (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Corrugated Water Frog live in?
- Aquatic; slow-moving rivers in marshy areas
- Where is the Corrugated Water Frog found?
- Endemic to Sri Lanka